The franchises of Marvel Studios and DC Films will be present in another installment of the Oscar Awards. These will be the categories for which they will fight on March 12.
Came the day. The long-awaited moment finally loomed: the nominees for the Oscar Awards 2023 were announced. However, as always, the list was only the beginning. The surprises, reactions and doubts did not wait on the part of the audiences. This, of course, due to the particular number of curiosities left by this new group of shortlisted. 2023, as well as the last 10 years, had superhero movies as one of its protagonists, which is once again noted in the decision of the juries when organizing the categories.
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The genre taken from comics is once again taken into account in the 95th edition of the most prestigious award in the seventh art. Marvel Studios y DC Films, audiovisual production companies of the two largest publishing houses on the planet, stand out once again among those chosen. For this reason, it is key to break down one by one the merits that the titles of these companies could obtain.
Will it be crowned?
One of the points that was most expected was the one concerning the nomination of Angela Bassett for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Ramona in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The world critics praised her interpretation since the premiere of the film, so an absence of hers would have been noteworthy.
On the other hand, the 64-year-old star had already appeared in the evenings of the Golden Globes y Critics’ Choice Awardsin which he not only participated but also took home the statuettes.
In this way, on the morning of this January 24, he received his second nomination for an Academy Award. The first time she competed for merit was in 1994 with the film What’s Love Got to Do With Itin which he gave life to the singer Tina Turner.
In addition to Bassett, Black Panther 2 will compete in the categories of Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyle, Best song con Lift Me Up y Best Special Effects.
De Wakanda a Gotham
In another sense, DC is rising from the shadows and having a presence again in an awards season. However, the belief that his Extended Universe still does not give him much value is strengthened. Not meanwhile, it is the other independent time lines that it has that contribute the most to it. The Joker stole all eyes in 2020, The Dark Knight trilogy did it too and now it will be the turn to The Batman.
The Batman
The world of Bruce Wayne continues to enchant the Academy and the work of Matt Reeves was no exception. While she didn’t get bombastic nominations like his predecessors, she will be in contention for three categories.
Best Sound Editing, Best Costume Design y best makeup / Hairstyle They will be the modalities in which DC will be able to take a bit of glory.
The one who could win everything everywhere at the same time
Everything everywhere at the same time
In the long-awaited evening, the name that will be heard the most is that of Everything everywhere at the same time. The Asian-American movie has 11 nominations and to top it all off it’s a superhero one.
Yes ok It is not based on a comicits plot centers on an unexpected heroine who will have to learn to deal with her new ability to maintain order in everything.
The success it has had on the screens and the applause of the criticism They could turn this piece into the beginning of the next great superhero saga of cinema.
Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Ke Quan y Jamie Lee Curtis are some of the celebrities nominated for the feature film.
The Oscars will be awarded on March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood.
